3 months ago
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Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has instructed the Chief Secretary of the State authorities to instantly reappraisal and instrumentality enactment connected making the submission of beingness certificate mandatory for beneficiaries of the Griha Lakshmi scheme, 1 of the government’s 5 warrant schemes, akin to retired authorities employees who are required to taxable beingness certificate annually to get pension.
The absorption followed a petition submitted by State Guarantee Authority vice-chairman and MLC Dinesh Gooli Gowda to the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar. Acting connected the request, the Chief Minister asked the Chief Secretary to analyse the matter.
Under the scheme, ₹2,000 is being credited each period to the slope accounts of beneficiaries since June 2023. The strategy covers women identified arsenic heads of families successful Antyodaya, BPL, and APL ration cards issued by the Food and Civil Supplies Department.
According to authoritative data, fiscal assistance amounting to astir ₹57,300 crore has truthful acold been disbursed to 1,24,12,543 eligible beneficiaries.
In his representation, Mr. Gowda pointed retired that portion the details of deceased beneficiaries are periodically verified, determination are instances wherever assistance continues to beryllium credited adjacent aft the beneficiary’s death. He stressed the request to forestall specified leakages.
He urged the authorities to present a strategy akin to that followed for pension disbursement.
